draft-ietf-sip-dtls-srtp-framework-00.txt   draft-fischl-sipping-media-dtls-03.txt 
SIP J. Fischl SIPPING J. Fischl
Internet-Draft CounterPath Solutions, Inc. Internet-Draft CounterPath Solutions, Inc.
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Expires: May 9, 2008 Nokia Siemens Networks Expires: January 10, 2008
E. Rescorla E. Rescorla
Network Resonance Network Resonance
November 6, 2007 July 9, 2007
Framework for Establishing an SRTP Security Context using DTLS Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS) Protocol for Protection of
draft-ietf-sip-dtls-srtp-framework-00.txt Media Traffic Established with the Session Initiation Protocol
draft-fischl-sipping-media-dtls-03.txt
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Abstract Abstract
This document specifies how to use the Session Initiation Protocol This document specifies how to use the Session Initiation Protocol
(SIP) to establish an Secure Real-time Transport Protocol (SRTP) (SIP) to establish secure media sessions using or over the Datagram
security context using the Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS) Transport Layer Security (DTLS) protocol. It describes a mechanism
protocol. It describes a mechanism of transporting a fingerprint of transporting a fingerprint attribute in the Session Description
attribute in the Session Description Protocol (SDP) that identifies Protocol (SDP) that identifies the key that will be presented during
the key that will be presented during the DTLS handshake. It relies the DTLS handshake. It relies on the SIP identity mechanism to
on the SIP identity mechanism to ensure the integrity of the ensure the integrity of the fingerprint attribute. This allows the
fingerprint attribute. The key management exchange travels along the establishment of media security along the media path.
media path as opposed to the signaling path.
Table of Contents Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2. Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3. Motivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3. Motivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
5. Verifying Certificate Integrity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5. Verifying Certificate Integrity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
6. Miscellaneous Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 6. Miscellaneous Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
6.1. Anonymous Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 6.1. Anonymous Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
6.2. Early Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 6.2. Early Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
6.3. Forking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 6.3. Forking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
6.4. Delayed Offer Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 6.4. Delayed Offer Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
6.5. Session Modification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 6.5. Session Modification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
6.6. UDP Payload De-multiplex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 6.6. UDP Payload De-multiplex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
6.7. Rekeying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 6.7. Rekeying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
6.8. Conference Servers and Shared Encryptions Contexts . . . . 11 6.8. Conference Servers and Shared Encryptions Contexts . . . . 10
6.9. Media over SRTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 6.9. Media over SRTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
7. Example Message Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 7. Example Message Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
8. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 8. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
8.1. UPDATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 8.1. UPDATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
8.2. SIPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 8.2. SIPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
8.3. S/MIME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 8.3. S/MIME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
8.4. Single-sided Verification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 8.4. Single-sided Verification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
8.5. Continuity of Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 8.5. Continuity of Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
8.6. Short Authentication String . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 8.6. Short Authentication String . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
8.7. Perfect Forward Secrecy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 8.7. Perfect Forward Secrecy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
9. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 9. Requirements Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
10. Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 9.1. Forking and retargeting (R1, R2, R3) . . . . . . . . . . . 18
11. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 9.2. Clipping (R5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
11.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 9.3. Passive Attacks (R6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
11.2. Informational References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 9.4. Perfect Forward Secrecy (R7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Appendix A. Requirements Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 9.5. Algorithm Negotiation (R8, R9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
A.1. Forking and retargeting (R1, R2, R3) . . . . . . . . . . . 23 9.6. Endpoint Idenfification When Forking (R10) . . . . . . . . 19
A.2. Reusage of a Security Context (R4), (R11) . . . . . . . . 23 9.7. 3rd Party Certificates (R11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
A.3. Clipping (R5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 9.8. FIPS 140-2 (R12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
A.4. Passive Attacks on the Media Path (R6) . . . . . . . . . . 24 10. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
A.5. Passive Attacks on the Signaling Path (R7) . . . . . . . . 24 11. Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
A.6. Perfect Forward Secrecy (R8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 12. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
A.7. Algorithm Negotiation (R9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 12.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
A.8. RTP Validity Check (R10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 12.2. Informational References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
A.9. 3rd Party Certificates (R12, R18) . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
A.10. FIPS 140-2 (R13) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Intellectual Property and Copyright Statements . . . . . . . . . . 25
A.11. Linkage between Keying Exchange and SIP Signaling (R14) . 24
A.12. Start with RTP and Upgrade to SRTP (R15) . . . . . . . . . 25
A.13. Denial of Service Vulnerability (R16) . . . . . . . . . . 25
A.14. Adversary Model (R17) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
A.15. Crypto-Agility (R19) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
A.16. Downgrading Protection (R20) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
A.17. Media Security Negotation (R21) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
A.18. Signaling Protocol Independence (R22) . . . . . . . . . . 25
A.19. Media Recording (R23) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
A.20. Lawful Interception (R24) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
A.21. Interworking with Intermediaries (R25) . . . . . . . . . . 26
A.22. PSTN Gateway Termination (R26) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Intellectual Property and Copyright Statements . . . . . . . . . . 28
1. Introduction 1. Introduction
The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) [RFC3261] and the Session The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) [RFC3261] and the Session
Description Protocol (SDP) [I-D.ietf-mmusic-sdp-new] are used to set Description Protocol (SDP) [I-D.ietf-mmusic-sdp-new] are used to set
up multimedia sessions or calls. SDP is also used to set up TCP up multimedia sessions or calls. SDP is also used to set up TCP
[I-D.ietf-mmusic-sdp-comedia] and additionally TCP/TLS connections [I-D.ietf-mmusic-sdp-comedia] and additionally TCP/TLS connections
for usage with media sessions [RFC4572]. The Real-Time Protocol for usage with media sessions [I-D.ietf-mmusic-comedia-tls]. The
(RTP) [RFC3550] is used to transmit real time media on top of UDP, Real-Time Protocol (RTP) [RFC3550] is used to transmit real time
TCP [I-D.ietf-avt-rtp-framing-contrans], and TLS [RFC4572]. Datagram media on top of UDP, TCP [I-D.ietf-avt-rtp-framing-contrans], and TLS
TLS [RFC4347] was introduced to allow TLS functionality to be applied [I-D.ietf-mmusic-comedia-tls]. Datagram TLS [RFC4347] was introduced
to datagram transport protocols, such as UDP and DCCP. This draft to allow TLS functionality to be applied to datagram transport
provides guidelines on how to use and to support for (a) transmission protocols, such as UDP and DCCP. This draft provides guidelines on
of media over DTLS and (b) to establish SRTP security using how to use and to support for (a) transmission of media over DTLS and
extensions to DTLS (see [I-D.ietf-avt-dtls-srtp]). (b) to establish SRTP security using extensions to DTLS (see
[I-D.ietf-avt-dtls-srtp]).
The goal of this work is to provide a key negotiation technique that The goal of this work is to provide a key negotiation technique that
allows encrypted communication between devices with no prior allows encrypted communication between devices with no prior
relationships. It also does not require the devices to trust every relationships. It also does not require the devices to trust every
call signaling element that was involved in routing or session setup. call signaling element that was involved in routing or session setup.
This approach does not require any extra effort by end users and does This approach does not require any extra effort by end users and does
not require deployment of certificates to all devices that are signed not require deployment of certificates to all devices that are signed
by a well-known certificate authority. by a well-known certificate authority.
The media is transported over a mutually authenticated DTLS session The media is transported over a mutually authenticated DTLS session
where both sides have certificates. The certificate fingerprints are where both sides have certificates. The certificate fingerprints are
sent in SDP over SIP as part of the offer/answer exchange. The SIP sent in SDP over SIP as part of the offer/answer exchange. The SIP
Identity mechanism [RFC4474] is used to provide integrity for the Identity mechanism [I-D.ietf-sip-identity] is used to provide
fingerprints. It is very important to note that certificates are integrity for the fingerprints. It is very important to note that
being used purely as a carrier for the public keys of the peers. certificates are being used purely as a carrier for the public keys
This is required because DTLS does not have a mode for carrying bare of the peers. This is required because DTLS does not have a mode for
keys, but it is purely an issue of formatting. The certificates can carrying bare keys, but it is purely an issue of formatting. The
be self-signed and completely self-generated. All major TLS stacks certificates can be self-signed and completely self-generated. All
have the capability to generate such certificates on demand. major TLS stacks have the capability to generate such certificates on
However, third party certificates MAY also be used for extra demand. However, third party certificates MAY also be used for extra
security. security.
This approach differs from previous attempts to secure media traffic This approach differs from previous attempts to secure media traffic
where the authentication and key exchange protocol (e.g., MIKEY where the authentication and key exchange protocol (e.g., MIKEY
[RFC3830]) is piggybacked in the signaling message exchange. With [RFC3830]) is piggybacked in the signaling message exchange. With
this approach, establishing the protection of the media traffic this approach, establishing the protection of the media traffic
between the endpoints is done by the media endpoints without between the endpoints is done by the media endpoints without
involving the SIP/SDP communication. It allows RTP and SIP to be involving the SIP/SDP communication. It allows RTP and SIP to be
used in the usual manner when there is no encrypted media. used in the usual manner when there is no encrypted media.
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Since providing mutual authentication between two arbitrary end Since providing mutual authentication between two arbitrary end
points on the Internet using public key based cryptography tends to points on the Internet using public key based cryptography tends to
be problematic, we consider more deployment friendly alternatives. be problematic, we consider more deployment friendly alternatives.
This document uses one approach and several others are discussed in This document uses one approach and several others are discussed in
Section 8. Section 8.
Alice sends an SDP offer to Bob over SIP. If Alice uses only self- Alice sends an SDP offer to Bob over SIP. If Alice uses only self-
signed certificates for the communication with Bob, a fingerprint is signed certificates for the communication with Bob, a fingerprint is
included in the SDP offer/answer exchange. This fingerprint is included in the SDP offer/answer exchange. This fingerprint is
integrity protected using the identity mechanism defined in integrity protected using the identity mechanism defined in
Enhancements for Authenticated Identity Management in SIP [RFC4474]. Enhancements for Authenticated Identity Management in SIP
When Bob receives the offer, Bob establishes a mutually authenticated [I-D.ietf-sip-identity]. When Bob receives the offer, Bob
DTLS connection with Alice. At this point Bob can begin sending establishes a mutually authenticated DTLS connection with Alice. At
media to Alice. Once Bob accepts Alice's offer and sends an SDP this point Bob can begin sending media to Alice. Once Bob accepts
answer to Alice, Alice can begin sending confidential media to Bob. Alice's offer and sends an SDP answer to Alice, Alice can begin
sending confidential media to Bob.
3. Motivation 3. Motivation
Although there is already prior work in this area (e.g., Secure Although there is already prior work in this area (e.g., Secure
Descriptions for SDP [I-D.ietf-mmusic-sdescriptions], Key Management Descriptions for SDP [I-D.ietf-mmusic-sdescriptions], Key Management
Extensions [I-D.ietf-mmusic-kmgmt-ext] combined with MIKEY [RFC3830] Extensions [I-D.ietf-mmusic-kmgmt-ext] combined with MIKEY [RFC3830]
for authentication and key exchange), this specification is motivated for authentication and key exchange), this specification is motivated
as follows: as follows:
o TLS will be used to offer security for connection-oriented media. o TLS will be used to offer security for connection-oriented media.
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client and server present certificates even if one or both client and server present certificates even if one or both
certificates are self-signed. certificates are self-signed.
5. Verifying Certificate Integrity 5. Verifying Certificate Integrity
The offer/answer model, defined in [RFC3264], is used by protocols The offer/answer model, defined in [RFC3264], is used by protocols
like the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) [RFC3261] to set up like the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) [RFC3261] to set up
multimedia sessions. In addition to the usual contents of an SDP multimedia sessions. In addition to the usual contents of an SDP
[I-D.ietf-mmusic-sdp-new] message, each 'm' line will also contain [I-D.ietf-mmusic-sdp-new] message, each 'm' line will also contain
several attributes as specified in [I-D.fischl-mmusic-sdp-dtls], several attributes as specified in [I-D.fischl-mmusic-sdp-dtls],
[RFC4145] and [RFC4572]. [RFC4145] and [I-D.ietf-mmusic-comedia-tls].
The endpoint MUST use the setup and connection attributes defined in The endpoint MUST use the setup and connection attributes defined in
[RFC4145]. A setup:active endpoint will act as a DTLS client and a [RFC4145]. A setup:active endpoint will act as a DTLS client and a
setup:passive endpoint will act as a DTLS server. The connection setup:passive endpoint will act as a DTLS server. The connection
attribute indicates whether or not to reuse an existing DTLS attribute indicates whether or not to reuse an existing DTLS
association. association.
The endpoint MUST use the certificate fingerprint attribute as The endpoint MUST use the certificate fingerprint attribute as
specified in [RFC4572]. specified in [I-D.ietf-mmusic-comedia-tls].
The setup:active endpoint establishes a DTLS association with the The setup:active endpoint establishes a DTLS association with the
setup:passive endpoint [RFC4145]. Typically, the receiver of the SIP setup:passive endpoint [RFC4145]. Typically, the receiver of the SIP
INVITE request containing an offer will take the setup:active role. INVITE request containing an offer will take the setup:active role.
The certificate presented during the DTLS handshake MUST match the The certificate presented during the DTLS handshake MUST match the
fingerprint exchanged via the signaling path in the SDP. The fingerprint exchanged via the signaling path in the SDP. The
security properties of this mechanism are described in Section 8. security properties of this mechanism are described in Section 8.
If the fingerprint does not match the hashed certificate then the If the fingerprint does not match the hashed certificate then the
endpoint MUST tear down the media session immediately. endpoint MUST tear down the media session immediately.
When an endpoint wishes to set up a secure media session with another When an endpoint wishes to set up a secure media session with another
endpoint it sends an offer in a SIP message to the other endpoint. endpoint it sends an offer in a SIP message to the other endpoint.
This offer includes, as part of the SDP payload, the fingerprint of This offer includes, as part of the SDP payload, the fingerprint of
the certificate that the endpoint wants to use. The SIP message the certificate that the endpoint wants to use. The SIP message
containing the offer is sent to the offerer's sip proxy over an containing the offer is sent to the offerer's sip proxy over an
integrity protected channel which will add an identity header integrity protected channel which will add an identity header
according to the procedures outlined in [RFC4474]. When the far according to the procedures outlined in [I-D.ietf-sip-identity].
endpoint receives the SIP message it can verify the identity of the When the far endpoint receives the SIP message it can verify the
sender using the identity header. Since the identity header is a identity of the sender using the identity header. Since the identity
digital signature across several SIP headers, in addition to the header is a digital signature across several SIP headers, in addition
bodies of the SIP message, the receiver can also be certain that the to the bodies of the SIP message, the receiver can also be certain
message has not been tampered with after the digital signature was that the message has not been tampered with after the digital
applied and added to the SIP message. signature was applied and added to the SIP message.
The far endpoint (answerer) may now establish a mutually The far endpoint (answerer) may now establish a mutually
authenticated DTLS association to the offerer. After completing the authenticated DTLS association to the offerer. After completing the
DTLS handshake, information about the authenticated identities, DTLS handshake, information about the authenticated identities,
including the certificates, are made available to the endpoint including the certificates, are made available to the endpoint
application. The answerer is then able to verify that the offerer's application. The answerer is then able to verify that the offerer's
certificate used for authentication in the DTLS handshake can be certificate used for authentication in the DTLS handshake can be
associated to the certificate fingerprint contained in the offer in associated to the certificate fingerprint contained in the offer in
the SDP. At this point the answerer may indicate to the end user the SDP. At this point the answerer may indicate to the end user
that the media is secured. The offerer may only tentatively accept that the media is secured. The offerer may only tentatively accept
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fingerprints. fingerprints.
6. Miscellaneous Considerations 6. Miscellaneous Considerations
6.1. Anonymous Calls 6.1. Anonymous Calls
When making anonymous calls, a new self-signed certificate SHOULD be When making anonymous calls, a new self-signed certificate SHOULD be
used for each call so that the calls can not be correlated as to used for each call so that the calls can not be correlated as to
being from the same caller. In situations where some degree of being from the same caller. In situations where some degree of
correlation is acceptable, the same certificate SHOULD be used for a correlation is acceptable, the same certificate SHOULD be used for a
number of calls in order to enable continuity of authentication, see number of calls in order to enable continuity of authentication
Section 8.5. Section 8.5.
Additionally, it MUST be ensured that the Privacy header [RFC3325] is Additionally, it MUST be ensured that the Privacy header [RFC3325] is
used in conjunction with the SIP identity mechanism to ensure that used in conjunction with the SIP identity mechanism to ensure that
the identity of the user is not asserted when enabling anonymous the identity of the user is not asserted when enabling anonymous
calls. Furthermore, the content of the subjectAltName attribute calls. Furthermore, the content of the subjectAltName attribute
inside the certificate MUST NOT contain information that either inside the certificate MUST NOT contain information that either
allows correlation or identification of the user that wishes to place allows correlation or identification of the user that wishes to place
an anonymous call. an anonymous call.
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name. This works because there are a relatively small number of name. This works because there are a relatively small number of
servers with well-defined names; a situation which does not usually servers with well-defined names; a situation which does not usually
occur in the VoIP context. occur in the VoIP context.
The design described in this document is intended to leverage the The design described in this document is intended to leverage the
authenticity of the signaling channel (while not requiring authenticity of the signaling channel (while not requiring
confidentiality). As long as each side of the connection can verify confidentiality). As long as each side of the connection can verify
the integrity of the SDP INVITE then the DTLS handshake cannot be the integrity of the SDP INVITE then the DTLS handshake cannot be
hijacked via a man-in-the-middle attack. This integrity protection hijacked via a man-in-the-middle attack. This integrity protection
is easily provided by the caller to the callee (see Alice to Bob in is easily provided by the caller to the callee (see Alice to Bob in
Section 7) via the SIP Identity [RFC4474] mechanism. However, it is Section 7) via the SIP Identity [I-D.ietf-sip-identity] mechanism.
less straightforward for the responder. However, it is less straightforward for the responder.
Ideally Alice would want to know that Bob's SDP had not been tampered Ideally Alice would want to know that Bob's SDP had not been tampered
with and who it was from so that Alice's User Agent could indicate to with and who it was from so that Alice's User Agent could indicate to
Alice that there was a secure phone call to Bob. This is known as the Alice that there was a secure phone call to Bob. This is known as the
SIP connected party problem and is still a topic of ongoing work in SIP connected party problem and is still a topic of ongoing work in
the SIP community. In the meantime, there are several approaches the SIP community. In the meantime, there are several approaches
that can be used to mitigate this problem: Use UPDATE, Use SIPS, Use that can be used to mitigate this problem: Use UPDATE, Use SIPS, Use
S/MIME, Single Sided Verification, or use human-read Short S/MIME, Single Sided Verification, or use human-read Short
Authentication String (SAS) to validate the certificates. Each one Authentication String (SAS) to validate the certificates. Each one
is discussed here followed by the security implications of that is discussed here followed by the security implications of that
approach. approach.
8.1. UPDATE 8.1. UPDATE
[RFC4916] defines an approach for a UA to supply its identity to its [I-D.ietf-sip-connected-identity] defines an approach for a UA to
peer UA and for this identity to be signed by an authentication supply its identity to its peer UA and for this identity to be signed
service. For example, using this approach, Bob sends an answer, then by an authentication service. For example, using this approach, Bob
immediately follows up with an UPDATE that includes the fingerprint sends an answer, then immediately follows up with an UPDATE that
and uses the SIP Identity mechanism to assert that the message is includes the fingerprint and uses the SIP Identity mechanism to
from Bob@example.com. The downside of this approach is that it assert that the message is from Bob@example.com. The downside of
requires the extra round trip of the UPDATE. However, it is simple this approach is that it requires the extra round trip of the UPDATE.
and secure even when not all of the proxies are trusted. In this However, it is simple and secure even when not all of the proxies are
example, Bob only needs to trust his proxy. trusted. In this example, Bob only needs to trust his proxy.
[[OPEN ISSUE: Note that there is a window of vulnerability during [[OPEN ISSUE: Note that there is a window of vulnerability during
the early media phase of this operation before Alice receives the the early media phase of this operation before Alice receives the
UPDATE (which immediately follows the SDP answer). During this UPDATE (which immediately follows the SDP answer). During this
window, Alice cannot be sure of Bob's identity. This risk might be window, Alice cannot be sure of Bob's identity. This risk might be
mitigated by including a secret in the offer which must be used to mitigated by including a secret in the offer which must be used to
establish the DTLS association, for instance via TLS PSK [RFC4279]. establish the DTLS association, for instance via TLS PSK [RFC4279].
We are still studying this issue. Obviously, this is more attractive We are still studying this issue. Obviously, this is more attractive
if SIPS is used.]] is SIPS is used.]]
8.2. SIPS 8.2. SIPS
In this approach, the signaling is protected by TLS from hop to hop. In this approach, the signaling is protected by TLS from hop to hop.
As long as all proxies are trusted, this provides integrity for the As long as all proxies are trusted, this provides integrity for the
fingerprint. It does not provide a strong assertion of who Alice is fingerprint. It does not provide a strong assertion of who Alice is
communicating with. However, as much as the target domain can be communicating with. However, as much as the target domain can be
trusted to correctly populate the From header field value, Alice can trusted to correctly populate the From header field value, Alice can
use that. The security issue with this approach is that if one of use that. The security issue with this approach is that if one of
the Proxies wished to mount a man-in-the-middle attack, it could the Proxies wished to mount a man-in-the-middle attack, it could
convince Alice that she was talking to Bob when really the media was convince Alice that she was talking to Bob when really the media was
flowing through a man in the middle media relay. However, this flowing through a man in the middle media relay. However, this
attack could not convince Bob that he was taking to Alice. attack could not convince Bob that he was taking to Alice.
8.3. S/MIME 8.3. S/MIME
RFC 3261 [RFC3261] defines a S/MIME security mechanism for SIP that [RFC3261] defines a S/MIME security mechanism for SIP that could be
could be used to sign that the fingerprint was from Bob. This would used to sign that the fingerprint was from Bob. This would be secure.
be secure. However, so far there have been no deployments of S/MIME However, so far there have been no deployments of S/MIME for SIP.
for SIP.
8.4. Single-sided Verification 8.4. Single-sided Verification
In this approach, no integrity is provided for the fingerprint from In this approach, no integrity is provided for the fingerprint from
Bob to Alice. In this approach, an attacker that was on the Bob to Alice. In this approach, an attacker that was on the
signaling path could tamper with the fingerprint and insert signaling path could tamper with the fingerprint and insert
themselves as a man-in-the-middle on the media. Alice would know themselves as a man-in-the-middle on the media. Alice would know
that she had a secure call with someone but would not know if it was that she had a secure call with someone but would not know if it was
with Bob or a man-in-the-middle. Bob would know that an attack was with Bob or a man-in-the-middle. Bob would know that an attack was
happening. The fact that one side can detect this attack means that happening. The fact that one side can detect this attack means that
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encrypted there is not a problem. Keep in mind that in any of the encrypted there is not a problem. Keep in mind that in any of the
possible approaches Bob could always reveal the media that was possible approaches Bob could always reveal the media that was
received to anyone. We are making the assumption that Bob also wants received to anyone. We are making the assumption that Bob also wants
secure communications. In this do nothing case, Bob knows the media secure communications. In this do nothing case, Bob knows the media
has not been tampered with or intercepted by a third party and that has not been tampered with or intercepted by a third party and that
it is from Alice@example.com. Alice knows that she is talking to it is from Alice@example.com. Alice knows that she is talking to
someone and that whoever that is has probably checked that the media someone and that whoever that is has probably checked that the media
is not being intercepted or tampered with. This approach is is not being intercepted or tampered with. This approach is
certainly less than ideal but very usable for many situations. certainly less than ideal but very usable for many situations.
[TODO]
8.5. Continuity of Authentication 8.5. Continuity of Authentication
One desirable property of a secure media system is to provide One desirable property of a secure media system is to provide
continuity of authentication: being able to ensure cryptographically continuity of authentication: being able to ensure cryptographically
that you are talking to the same person as before. With DTLS, that you are talking to the same person as before. With DTLS,
continuity of authentication is achieved by having each side use the continuity of authentication is achieved by having each side use the
same public key/self-signed certificate for each connection (at least same public key/self-signed certificate for each connection (at least
with a given peer entity). It then becomes possible to cache the with a given peer entity). It then becomes possible to cache the
credential (or its hash) and verify that it is unchanged. Thus, once credential (or its hash) and verify that it is unchanged. Thus, once
a single secure connection has been established, an implementation a single secure connection has been established, an implementation
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One concern about the use of a long-term key is that compromise of One concern about the use of a long-term key is that compromise of
that key may lead to compromise of past communications. In order to that key may lead to compromise of past communications. In order to
prevent this attack, DTLS supports modes with Perfect Forward Secrecy prevent this attack, DTLS supports modes with Perfect Forward Secrecy
using Diffie-Hellman and Elliptic-Curve Diffie-Hellman cipher suites. using Diffie-Hellman and Elliptic-Curve Diffie-Hellman cipher suites.
When these modes are in use, the system is secure against such When these modes are in use, the system is secure against such
attacks. Note that compromise of a long-term key may still lead to attacks. Note that compromise of a long-term key may still lead to
future active attacks. If this is a concern, a backup authentication future active attacks. If this is a concern, a backup authentication
channel such as manual fingerprint establishment or a short channel such as manual fingerprint establishment or a short
authentication string should be used. authentication string should be used.
9. IANA Considerations 9. Requirements Analysis
[I-D.wing-media-security-requirements] describes security
requirements for media keying. This section evaluates this proposal
with respect to each requirement.
9.1. Forking and retargeting (R1, R2, R3)
In this draft, the SDP offer (in the INVITE) is simply an
advertisement of the capability to do security. This advertisement
does not depend on the identity of the communicating peer, so forking
and retargeting work work when all the endpoints will do SRTP (R1).
When a mix of SRTP and non-SRTP endpoints are present, we expect to
use the SDP capabilities mechanism currently being defined
[I-D.ietf-mmusic-sdp-capability-negotiation] to transparently
negotiate security where possible (R2). Because DTLS establishes a
new key for each session, only the entity with which the call is
finally established gets the media encryption keys (R3).
9.2. Clipping (R5)
Because the key establishment occurs in the media plane, media need
not be clipped before the receipt of the SDP answer (R5).
9.3. Passive Attacks (R6)
The public key algorithms used by DTLS (RSA, Diffie-Hellman, and
Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman) are secure against passive attacks
(R6).
9.4. Perfect Forward Secrecy (R7)
DTLS supports Diffie-Hellman and Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman cipher
suites which provide PFS (R7).
9.5. Algorithm Negotiation (R8, R9)
DTLS negotiates cipher suites before performing significant
cryptographic computation and therefore supports algorithm
negotiation (R8) and multiple cipher suites (R9) without additional
computational expense.
9.6. Endpoint Idenfification When Forking (R10)
Once the SDP response is received, the implementation can match the
fingerprint against the offered client Certificate message (R10).
Note, however, that if the server is using ephemeral DH or ECDH, it
still must compute a fresh DH share and sign it in the
ServerKeyExchange. This could be optimized away by having a DTLS
ClientHello extension in which the client provide a copy of its
fingerprint in advance.
9.7. 3rd Party Certificates (R11)
Third party certificates are not required. However, if the parties
share an authentication infrastructure that is compatible with TLS
(3rd party certificates or shared keys) it can be used (R11).
9.8. FIPS 140-2 (R12)
TLS implementations already may be FIPS 140-2 approved and the
algorithms used here are consistent with the approval of DTLS and
DTLS-SRTP (R12).
10. IANA Considerations
This specification does not require any IANA actions. This specification does not require any IANA actions.
10. Acknowledgments 11. Acknowledgments
Cullen Jennings contributed substantial text and comments to this Cullen Jennings contributed substantial text and comments to this
document. This document benefited from discussions with Francois document. This document benefited from discussions with Francois
Audet, Nagendra Modadugu, and Dan Wing. Thanks also for useful Audet, Nagendra Modadugu, and Dan Wing. Thanks also for useful
comments by Flemming Andreasen, Rohan Mahy, David McGrew, Miguel comments by Flemming Andreasen, Rohan Mahy, David McGrew, and David
Garcia, Steffen Fries, Brian Stucker, and David Oran. Oran.
We would like to thank Thomas Belling, Guenther Horn, Steffen Fries,
Brian Stucker, Francois Audet, Jason Fischl, Dan Wing, Jari Arkko,
and Vesa Lehtovirta for their input regarding traversal of SBCs.
11. References 12. References
11.1. Normative References 12.1. Normative References
[RFC4572] Lennox, J., "Connection-Oriented Media Transport over the [I-D.ietf-mmusic-comedia-tls]
Lennox, J., "Connection-Oriented Media Transport over the
Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol in the Session Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol in the Session
Description Protocol (SDP)", RFC 4572, July 2006. Description Protocol (SDP)",
draft-ietf-mmusic-comedia-tls-06 (work in progress),
March 2006.
[I-D.ietf-mmusic-sdp-new] [I-D.ietf-mmusic-sdp-new]
Handley, M., "SDP: Session Description Protocol", Handley, M., "SDP: Session Description Protocol",
draft-ietf-mmusic-sdp-new-26 (work in progress), draft-ietf-mmusic-sdp-new-26 (work in progress),
January 2006. January 2006.
[RFC4474] Peterson, J. and C. Jennings, "Enhancements for [I-D.ietf-sip-identity]
Peterson, J. and C. Jennings, "Enhancements for
Authenticated Identity Management in the Session Authenticated Identity Management in the Session
Initiation Protocol (SIP)", RFC 4474, August 2006. Initiation Protocol (SIP)", draft-ietf-sip-identity-06
(work in progress), October 2005.
[I-D.fischl-mmusic-sdp-dtls]
Fischl, J. and H. Tschofenig, "Session Description
Protocol (SDP) Indicators for Datagram Transport Layer
Security (DTLS)", draft-fischl-mmusic-sdp-dtls-02 (work in
progress), March 2007.
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate [RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997. Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.
[RFC3261] Rosenberg, J., Schulzrinne, H., Camarillo, G., Johnston, [RFC3261] Rosenberg, J., Schulzrinne, H., Camarillo, G., Johnston,
A., Peterson, J., Sparks, R., Handley, M., and E. A., Peterson, J., Sparks, R., Handley, M., and E.
Schooler, "SIP: Session Initiation Protocol", RFC 3261, Schooler, "SIP: Session Initiation Protocol", RFC 3261,
June 2002. June 2002.
[RFC3264] Rosenberg, J. and H. Schulzrinne, "An Offer/Answer Model [RFC3264] Rosenberg, J. and H. Schulzrinne, "An Offer/Answer Model
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Jacobson, "RTP: A Transport Protocol for Real-Time Jacobson, "RTP: A Transport Protocol for Real-Time
Applications", STD 64, RFC 3550, July 2003. Applications", STD 64, RFC 3550, July 2003.
[RFC4145] Yon, D. and G. Camarillo, "TCP-Based Media Transport in [RFC4145] Yon, D. and G. Camarillo, "TCP-Based Media Transport in
the Session Description Protocol (SDP)", RFC 4145, the Session Description Protocol (SDP)", RFC 4145,
September 2005. September 2005.
[RFC4347] Rescorla, E. and N. Modadugu, "Datagram Transport Layer [RFC4347] Rescorla, E. and N. Modadugu, "Datagram Transport Layer
Security", RFC 4347, April 2006. Security", RFC 4347, April 2006.
[I-D.fischl-mmusic-sdp-dtls] 12.2. Informational References
Fischl, J. and H. Tschofenig, "Session Description
Protocol (SDP) Indicators for Datagram Transport Layer
Security (DTLS)", draft-fischl-mmusic-sdp-dtls-03 (work in
progress), July 2007.
11.2. Informational References [I-D.ietf-avt-dtls-srtp]
McGrew, D. and E. Rescorla, "Datagram Transport Layer
Security (DTLS) Extension to Establish Keys for Secure
Real-time Transport Protocol (SRTP)",
draft-ietf-avt-dtls-srtp-00 (work in progress), July 2007.
[I-D.ietf-avt-rtp-and-rtcp-mux]
Perkins, C. and M. Westerlund, "Multiplexing RTP Data and
Control Packets on a Single Port",
draft-ietf-avt-rtp-and-rtcp-mux-05 (work in progress),
May 2007.
[I-D.ietf-avt-rtp-framing-contrans] [I-D.ietf-avt-rtp-framing-contrans]
Lazzaro, J., "Framing RTP and RTCP Packets over Lazzaro, J., "Framing RTP and RTCP Packets over
Connection-Oriented Transport", Connection-Oriented Transport",
draft-ietf-avt-rtp-framing-contrans-06 (work in progress), draft-ietf-avt-rtp-framing-contrans-06 (work in progress),
September 2005. September 2005.
[I-D.ietf-mmusic-ice] [I-D.ietf-mmusic-ice]
Rosenberg, J., "Interactive Connectivity Establishment Rosenberg, J., "Interactive Connectivity Establishment
(ICE): A Protocol for Network Address Translator (NAT) (ICE): A Protocol for Network Address Translator (NAT)
Traversal for Offer/Answer Protocols", Traversal for Offer/Answer Protocols",
draft-ietf-mmusic-ice-19 (work in progress), October 2007. draft-ietf-mmusic-ice-16 (work in progress), June 2007.
[I-D.ietf-mmusic-kmgmt-ext] [I-D.ietf-mmusic-kmgmt-ext]
Arkko, J., "Key Management Extensions for Session Arkko, J., "Key Management Extensions for Session
Description Protocol (SDP) and Real Time Streaming Description Protocol (SDP) and Real Time Streaming
Protocol (RTSP)", draft-ietf-mmusic-kmgmt-ext-15 (work in Protocol (RTSP)", draft-ietf-mmusic-kmgmt-ext-15 (work in
progress), June 2005. progress), June 2005.
[I-D.ietf-mmusic-sdescriptions] [I-D.ietf-mmusic-sdescriptions]
Andreasen, F., "Session Description Protocol Security Andreasen, F., "Session Description Protocol Security
Descriptions for Media Streams", Descriptions for Media Streams",
draft-ietf-mmusic-sdescriptions-12 (work in progress), draft-ietf-mmusic-sdescriptions-12 (work in progress),
September 2005. September 2005.
[I-D.ietf-mmusic-sdp-capability-negotiation]
Andreasen, F., "SDP Capability Negotiation",
draft-ietf-mmusic-sdp-capability-negotiation-05 (work in
progress), March 2007.
[I-D.ietf-mmusic-sdp-comedia] [I-D.ietf-mmusic-sdp-comedia]
Yon, D., "Connection-Oriented Media Transport in the Yon, D., "Connection-Oriented Media Transport in the
Session Description Protocol (SDP)", Session Description Protocol (SDP)",
draft-ietf-mmusic-sdp-comedia-10 (work in progress), draft-ietf-mmusic-sdp-comedia-10 (work in progress),
November 2004. November 2004.
[I-D.ietf-sip-connected-identity]
Elwell, J., "Connected Identity in the Session Initiation
Protocol (SIP)", draft-ietf-sip-connected-identity-05
(work in progress), February 2007.
[I-D.ietf-tls-rfc2246-bis] [I-D.ietf-tls-rfc2246-bis]
Dierks, T. and E. Rescorla, "The TLS Protocol Version Dierks, T. and E. Rescorla, "The TLS Protocol Version
1.1", draft-ietf-tls-rfc2246-bis-13 (work in progress), 1.1", draft-ietf-tls-rfc2246-bis-13 (work in progress),
June 2005. June 2005.
[I-D.zimmermann-avt-zrtp]
Zimmermann, P., "ZRTP: Media Path Key Agreement for Secure
RTP", draft-zimmermann-avt-zrtp-04 (work in progress),
July 2007.
[I-D.mcgrew-srtp-ekt] [I-D.mcgrew-srtp-ekt]
McGrew, D., "Encrypted Key Transport for Secure RTP", McGrew, D., "Encrypted Key Transport for Secure RTP",
draft-mcgrew-srtp-ekt-03 (work in progress), July 2007. draft-mcgrew-srtp-ekt-03 (work in progress), July 2007.
[I-D.ietf-avt-dtls-srtp] [I-D.wing-media-security-requirements]
McGrew, D. and E. Rescorla, "Datagram Transport Layer Wing, D., "Requirements for a Media Security Key
Security (DTLS) Extension to Establish Keys for Secure Management Protocol",
Real-time Transport Protocol (SRTP)", draft-wing-media-security-requirements-04 (work in
draft-ietf-avt-dtls-srtp-00 (work in progress), July 2007. progress), June 2007.
[I-D.ietf-sip-media-security-requirements]
Wing, D., Fries, S., Tschofenig, H., and F. Audet,
"Requirements and Analysis of Media Security Key
Management Protocols",
draft-ietf-sip-media-security-requirements-00 (work in
progress), September 2007.
[I-D.ietf-mmusic-sdp-capability-negotiation]
Andreasen, F., "SDP Capability Negotiation",
draft-ietf-mmusic-sdp-capability-negotiation-07 (work in
progress), October 2007.
[I-D.ietf-avt-rtp-and-rtcp-mux] [I-D.zimmermann-avt-zrtp]
Perkins, C. and M. Westerlund, "Multiplexing RTP Data and Zimmermann, P., "ZRTP: Media Path Key Agreement for Secure
Control Packets on a Single Port", RTP", draft-zimmermann-avt-zrtp-03 (work in progress),
draft-ietf-avt-rtp-and-rtcp-mux-07 (work in progress), March 2007.
August 2007.
[RFC3262] Rosenberg, J. and H. Schulzrinne, "Reliability of [RFC3262] Rosenberg, J. and H. Schulzrinne, "Reliability of
Provisional Responses in Session Initiation Protocol Provisional Responses in Session Initiation Protocol
(SIP)", RFC 3262, June 2002. (SIP)", RFC 3262, June 2002.
[RFC3546] Blake-Wilson, S., Nystrom, M., Hopwood, D., Mikkelsen, J., [RFC3546] Blake-Wilson, S., Nystrom, M., Hopwood, D., Mikkelsen, J.,
and T. Wright, "Transport Layer Security (TLS) and T. Wright, "Transport Layer Security (TLS)
Extensions", RFC 3546, June 2003. Extensions", RFC 3546, June 2003.
[RFC4916] Elwell, J., "Connected Identity in the Session Initiation
Protocol (SIP)", RFC 4916, June 2007.
[RFC3711] Baugher, M., McGrew, D., Naslund, M., Carrara, E., and K. [RFC3711] Baugher, M., McGrew, D., Naslund, M., Carrara, E., and K.
Norrman, "The Secure Real-time Transport Protocol (SRTP)", Norrman, "The Secure Real-time Transport Protocol (SRTP)",
RFC 3711, March 2004. RFC 3711, March 2004.
[RFC3830] Arkko, J., Carrara, E., Lindholm, F., Naslund, M., and K. [RFC3830] Arkko, J., Carrara, E., Lindholm, F., Naslund, M., and K.
Norrman, "MIKEY: Multimedia Internet KEYing", RFC 3830, Norrman, "MIKEY: Multimedia Internet KEYing", RFC 3830,
August 2004. August 2004.
[RFC4279] Eronen, P. and H. Tschofenig, "Pre-Shared Key Ciphersuites [RFC4279] Eronen, P. and H. Tschofenig, "Pre-Shared Key Ciphersuites
for Transport Layer Security (TLS)", RFC 4279, for Transport Layer Security (TLS)", RFC 4279,
December 2005. December 2005.
[I-D.wing-sipping-srtp-key]
Wing, D., "Disclosing Secure RTP (SRTP) Session Keys with
a SIP Event Package", draft-wing-sipping-srtp-key-01 (work
in progress), July 2007.
Appendix A. Requirements Analysis
[I-D.ietf-sip-media-security-requirements] describes security
requirements for media keying. This section evaluates this proposal
with respect to each requirement.
A.1. Forking and retargeting (R1, R2, R3)
In this draft, the SDP offer (in the INVITE) is simply an
advertisement of the capability to do security. This advertisement
does not depend on the identity of the communicating peer, so forking
and retargeting work work when all the endpoints will do SRTP. When
a mix of SRTP and non-SRTP endpoints are present, we expect to use
the SDP capabilities mechanism currently being defined
[I-D.ietf-mmusic-sdp-capability-negotiation] to transparently
negotiate security where possible. Because DTLS establishes a new
key for each session, only the entity with which the call is finally
established gets the media encryption keys (R3).
A.2. Reusage of a Security Context (R4), (R11)
DTLS allows sessions to be resumed with the 'TLS session resumption'
functionality. This feature can be used to lower the amount of
cryptographic computation that needs to be done when two peers re-
initiates the communication.
A.3. Clipping (R5)
Because the key establishment occurs in the media plane, media need
not be clipped before the receipt of the SDP answer.
A.4. Passive Attacks on the Media Path (R6)
The public key algorithms used by DTLS ciphersuites, such as RSA,
Diffie-Hellman, and Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman, are secure against
passive attacks.
A.5. Passive Attacks on the Signaling Path (R7)
DTLS provides protection against passive attacks by adversaries on
the signaling path since only a fingerprint is exchanged using SIP
signaling.
A.6. Perfect Forward Secrecy (R8)
DTLS supports Diffie-Hellman and Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman cipher
suites which provide PFS.
A.7. Algorithm Negotiation (R9)
DTLS negotiates cipher suites before performing significant
cryptographic computation and therefore supports algorithm
negotiation and multiple cipher suites without additional
computational expense.
A.8. RTP Validity Check (R10)
TBD
A.9. 3rd Party Certificates (R12, R18)
Third party certificates are not required. However, if the parties
share an authentication infrastructure that is compatible with TLS
(3rd party certificates or shared keys) it can be used.
A.10. FIPS 140-2 (R13)
TLS implementations already may be FIPS 140-2 approved and the
algorithms used here are consistent with the approval of DTLS and
DTLS-SRTP.
A.11. Linkage between Keying Exchange and SIP Signaling (R14)
The signaling exchange is linked to the key management exchange using
the fingerprints carried in SIP and the certificates are exchanged in
DTLS.
A.12. Start with RTP and Upgrade to SRTP (R15)
DTLS-SRTP as described in this framework does not require an SRTP
security context to be established as part of the initial
communication setup. Instead, the DTLS handshake can be initiated
later during on ongoing session.
A.13. Denial of Service Vulnerability (R16)
DTLS offers some degree of DoS protection particuarly as a built-in
feature.
A.14. Adversary Model (R17)
DTLS-SRTP requires that an adversary is at least able to intercept
the fingerprint exchange along the SIP signaling path (i.e., active
attack) and to intercept the DTLS handshake by acting as a man-in-
the-middle adversary (i.e., active attack).
A.15. Crypto-Agility (R19)
DTLS allows ciphersuites to be negotiated and hence new algorithms
can be incrementally deployed. Work on replacing the fixed MD5/SHA-1
key derivation function is ongoing.
A.16. Downgrading Protection (R20)
DTLS provides protection against downgrading attacks since the
selection of the offered ciphersuites is confirmed in a later stage
of the handshake. This protection is efficient unless an adversary
is able to break a ciphersuite in real-time.
A.17. Media Security Negotation (R21)
DTLS allows a User Agent to negotiate media security parameters for
each individual session.
A.18. Signaling Protocol Independence (R22)
The DTLS-SRTP framework does not rely on SIP; every protocol that is
capable of exchanging a fingerprint and the media description can be
secured.
A.19. Media Recording (R23)
An extension, see [I-D.wing-sipping-srtp-key], has been specified to
support media recording that does not require intermediaries to act
as a MITM.
When media recording is done by intermediaries then they need to act
as a MITM.
A.20. Lawful Interception (R24)
Lawful interception requires an active MITM who is located along the
signaling and the data path.
A.21. Interworking with Intermediaries (R25)
A description of the interworking with Session Border Controllers is
described in this document.
A.22. PSTN Gateway Termination (R26)
The DTLS-SRTP framework allows the media security to terminate at a
PSTN gateway. [Editor's Note: A detailed description will be
provided in a future version of this document.]
Authors' Addresses Authors' Addresses
Jason Fischl Jason Fischl
CounterPath Solutions, Inc. CounterPath Solutions, Inc.
Suite 300, One Bentall Centre, 505 Burrard Street Suite 300, One Bentall Centre, 505 Burrard Street
Vancouver, BC V7X 1M3 Vancouver, BC V7X 1M3
Canada Canada
Phone: +1 604 320-3340 Phone: +1 604 320-3340
Email: jason@counterpath.com Email: jason@counterpath.com
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Authors' Addresses Authors' Addresses
Jason Fischl Jason Fischl
CounterPath Solutions, Inc. CounterPath Solutions, Inc.
Suite 300, One Bentall Centre, 505 Burrard Street Suite 300, One Bentall Centre, 505 Burrard Street
Vancouver, BC V7X 1M3 Vancouver, BC V7X 1M3
Canada Canada
Phone: +1 604 320-3340 Phone: +1 604 320-3340
Email: jason@counterpath.com Email: jason@counterpath.com
Hannes Tschofenig Hannes Tschofenig
Nokia Siemens Networks
Otto-Hahn-Ring 6
Munich, Bavaria 81739
Germany
Email: Hannes.Tschofenig@nsn.com Email: Hannes.Tschofenig@gmx.net
URI: http://www.tschofenig.com
Eric Rescorla Eric Rescorla
Network Resonance Network Resonance
2483 E. Bayshore #212 2483 E. Bayshore #212
Palo Alto, CA 94303 Palo Alto, CA 94303
USA USA
Email: ekr@networkresonance.com Email: ekr@networkresonance.com
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